Movielink Taps RealNetworks, Microsoft

10/30/2002 4:19 AM Eastern

By: Matt Stump

Movielink (http://www.movielink.com), the Internetsubscription service developed by most of the major Hollywood studios, haschosen both RealNetworks Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to supplydigital-rights-management and media-player technology for its Webvideo-on-demand movie service.

By using both companies' DRM systems and media players, Movielink widens thepotential reach of its service, since millions of copies of both media playersreside on consumer computers.